Cuff-securing device.



No. 789,374. PATENTED MAY 9, 1905.

P. E. MILLER.

CUFF SECURING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION FILED OCT. 24,1904.

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Patented May 9, 1905.

PERRY E. MILLER, OF ASHTABULA, OHIO.

GUIFP-SECURIINGI DEVlCIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,374 dated May 9, 1905.

Application filed October 2 1, 1904.. Serial No. 229,810.

To (ti/Z 1071mm, it may concern:

Be it known that I, PERRY E. MILLER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Ashtabula, in the county of Ashtabula and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Outf- Seeuring Devices; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to cuff-holders.

The object of this invention is to provide an attachment for securing cu'il's within the sleeves of a coat so that the coat and cuffs can be removed together and the cuffs will remain in the coat-sleeve.

My invention therefore consists in the features of construction. and combination of parts as described in the specification, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view, mostly in section, showing a cufl' secured within a coat-sleeve by means of a cuffholder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a cuif-holder embodying my invention on twice the scale. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a top plan of my cuff-holder.

Again referring to the drawings, 1 repre sents a metallic plate at one end of which is formed a stationary serrated jaw 2. On the lower side of the plate 1 is arranged a small stud 16, adapted to enter the buttonholes in the cuff, so as to secure the device to the cuff. On the upper face of the plate 1 are formed flanges 3 and 4, which constitute a guideway for a movable member comprising a plate 5, which is arranged to slide freely on top of the plate 1. On the forward end of the plate 5 is formed a aw-forming flange 6, and on the rear end thereof is arranged at a right angle to said plate a finger-plate 7.

8 represents a reinforcing-plate which extends from the upper end of the finger-plate to the plate 1 and along the upper surface thereof. On the end of the reinforcing-plate S is formed a j aw-forming flange 9.

The plate 5, the finger-plate 7, and the re inforcing-plate 8 are formed integral.

A coil-spring 10 is arranged between the end of the plate 5 and the stationary j aw 2 on the plate 1.. Ears 11. and 12 are formed integral with the plate 1, between which is pivotally supported a serrated aw 13 by means of a pin 14. The lower end of the jaw 13 extends between the jaws or flanges 6 and 9. It will be readily seen that the spring 10 normally holds the serrated edge of the jaw 1. 3 in contact with the serrated edge of the stationary aw 2 and that pressure on the fingerplate 7 will cause the lower end of the jaw 13 to swing in and the serrated edge thereof will move away from the stationary jaw 2. As the lower end of the jaw 13 extends down between the flanges on the movable member, the said spring 1.0 will also act to normally hold the movable member in its outer position.

The use of my cuff-holder is as follows: The holder is first secured. to the cuff by inserting the stud 16 into the buttonholcs of the cuff, and the curl is then passed into the sleeve with the finger-plate 7 toward the mouth of the sleeve. A finger is then introduced into the sleeve between the cull and the sleeve and pressure is exerted on the finger-plate 7, causing the jaw 12 to swing open. The lining of the sleeve is then inserted between the stationary jaw and the movable jaw, and the movable jaw is allowed to close upon it, thereby securing the cuff within the sleeve.

What I claim is- 1. A cufl' securing device comprising a stud-carrying plate having a stationary jaw, ears arranged at each side of said plate near said stationary j aw, a jaw pivotally supported between said cars, a member arranged on said stud-carrying plate so as to slide freely thereon and provided at its inner end with two vertical flanges arranged to engage the lower end of said pivoted jaw so that the inward movement of said member will cause said pivoted jaw to move away from the stationary jaw and means for normally holding said member in its outer position.

2. A cufl' scouring device comprising a first-mentioned plate and having its lower stud-carrying plate having a stationary ser rated aw, a plate slidably mounted in gnideways on said first-mentioned plate and having a flange at its inner end, a coil-spring arranged between the inner end of said lasti mentioned plate and the stationary jaw on the first-mentioned plate, a finger-plate arranged on said last-mentioned plate, a rein- 1o forcing-plate provided with a flange at its free end and a aw plvotally mounted on the end extending between the flange on the sec- ODCl-l'l'lfintiOnBCl plate and the flange on the reinforcing-plate, substantially as described and 101 the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign the foregoing specification in the presence of two witnesses.

PERRY E. MILLER. lVitnesses Vroron C. LYNoH, G. M. HAYEs. 

